Tunas did not become large, fast and warm-blooded simply because an asteroid cleared the oceans of competing predators. Their defining traits appeared separately over tens of millions of years, ...

Today, oceans host a large variety of fast, resilient marine predators, including tunas, mackerels and various other fish ...

Certain species of wasps and frogs share a pain and inflammation peptide similar to one found in vertebrates to help defend against predators—a discovery that contributes to a shifting view of how ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A rare fossil of Joaquinraptor casali from Patagonia reveals a powerful predator that may have dined on crocodiles. (CREDIT: The ...

"This Springer imprint is published by Springer Nature"--Title page verso. VPAL copy purchased with funds from the S. Dillon Ripley Endowment. This book summarizes the evolution of carnivorous mammals ...

A fossil from the blustery plains of Patagonia is revising your book on one of the most elusive bands of hunting dinosaurs. The newly discovered dinosaur, Joaquinraptor casali, preyed on the soggy ...